Genesis 19:18-19

Oh, not so, my Lord.

We have here. demonstration that the faith of Lot was far less trusting than that of Abraham. Though God had sent his ministers to warn and rescue him, yet he still feared to follow the directions that were given him, and proposes, instead of the way pointed out, an expedient of his own--one that he was suffered to adopt, and to find out for himself his folly. He pleads that he may stop short of the mountain; it appeared wild and frowning in the distance; it was probably the lurking place of savage beasts and savage men. He did not take into account that the Divine hand that delivered him would also protect him, wherever he might go, provided he was following the way of the Lord. Besides, the mountain was at. distance, and he feared that the storm of destruction would come down before he could reach it.